After 4 hours... I finally installed my TWM stage 2 SS and NST steel bushings... I'm too tired to test drive. Let you all know how it feels later...

Some tips for anyone who is going to install their own SS...

1. When you are taking the washer off the side of the shifter housing... you really need to dremmel it, or you can do like i did and get a hand saw and go to town on it... It was stress relieving as well.

2. When you need to pop off the housing to get the shifter out... use two screw drivers... and for 07 owners, break the little steel clips holding it down, use a pair of plyers and bend like hell.

3. when you need to put the piece that holds the shifter... stand on it. I'm serious... get on your set and use your heel to apply the appropriate amount of pressure. (I weigh 160lbs.)


So my hands have more scratches than a kid who sticks his hands in a tigers cage... It was nice getting my hands dirty again but man does my lower back hurt. GL to future DIY'ers.

 

dang 4 hours...when I did my B&M it was just over an hour tops...okay maybe two since I was drinking and BS at the same time. Yah a dremmel realy did help alot.

 

yea, i did it when i got home and truthfully... i stared at that washer for about an hour cursing at it, then the cap that goes over the shifter wouldn't pop on, so i opened the sunroof and stood on it... and since i'm staying with a friend, i had to raid his dads tool box, and i finally found a hand saw... that's about the time the washer came off.

then i put the bushing in... which took all but 20 minutes.

And it's alot nicer, i like it alot, now all i need is my ingalls stiffy and CAI and i'll be good for a little while. Till I get proper funding...

 

dang, i think my CC shifter + bushings and cable bushings took under 2 hours

i dremelled the washer off and had a hell of a time getting that plastic cap off, used two prybars for that

 

1. false.

2. 05-06 also have steel clips. they just pop off.

3. piece that holds the shifter?

and it still took you 4 hours with your advice? i did mine in 45 minutes. 15 of it was trying to put that pin back in when putting the shifter back into the cage.

 

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1. false.

2. 05-06 also have steel clips. they just pop off.

3. piece that holds the shifter?

and it still took you 4 hours with your advice? i did mine in 45 minutes. 15 of it was trying to put that pin back in when putting the shifter back into the cage.[/quote]

...Not here to debate whose better at what. Congrats on your 45 minutes... I didn't pay for install, that's all i care about.

 

lol, sorry to see that it took u that long. i know nothin is fun fighting wtih somethin for 4 hours.... if that took u 4 hours DONT GET THE HOTCHKIS LOWERING SPRINGS AND DO THEM URSELF it took me about an hour for my SS and about 3 days for my springs hahhaha (LOONG STORY)

i bet ur happy tho, TWM and NST (NST is one of my favorites!) congrats man. u should look into NST's pulleys :D great stuff, their Customer service is 2nd to none also!

and DAMN your a small small man haha 160 lbs!! i got a good 40-50 lbs on you

 

dude, dave, 3 frigging days?!

my STS install took less than 2 hours. i didn the sts, base bushings, and cable bushings all at once

 

yeah it took me a half hour to do my cc short shifter and 6 hours for me and a friend to put my hotchkis springs on. we tore up a set of spring compressors

 

hmm.. it took me 20 minutes to install my TWM stage 2...
first time ever doing it... proper tools go a LONG way.

but anyway.. i'm glad your glad that they are finally on... alot of hard work i'm sure that you went through

 

Thanks... it was hard work since I haven't worked on cars in a while... and since I didn't have a dremmel and my friends dad didnt have one in the garage I had to raid his tool box till i found the hand saw...

and thanks for the tip on the springs... i was going to install myself but maybe i'll just pay $100 to have it done.

What do you guys say about the sway bar replacement? Is that easy too or no? I've never done sway bars.

 

the rear is a cinch. the front is a little more tempermental

 

^^ what he said... only real thing you have to make sure you can do is lift the car high enough so that the rear sway bar can be easily replaced.

if so.. it'll just take about 30 minutes for the rear one.

 

So then I should get a floor jack and not use the one in the trunk huh? Is there tension on the sway bars? Is that why I need to lift the car to a certain point?

 

pm ed =D

 

i put my elbow through my windshield. damn 4 hrs, took me like 30 min but cost me $300 for a new plate.

 

the scissor jack in the trunk is worthless, but it works none the less... for your own sake use jack stands if you're gonna get under there.

 

can we close this thread.

 

took me all but 30 minutes to install TWM Stage 2 SS with bushings . = ]

 

i call BS ^


you and rob told me it took you a few hours